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100000 Go into Smoke.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Nov. IA terrific fire
is raging al Navy Yard Compresses, numbers
1 and 3, estimated loss II 900 bales of cotton
besides 20 loaded ear. of merchandise aud
cotton on the track of the Norfolk Missis-
sipp Valley Railroad Across the track stor-
ell $1,000 bales of cotton, and with any
change of wind the loss will approximate a
million and half Al this moment another
alarm has been sounded at the City Oil
Works in the eastern part of the city. and
with inadequate water supply the loss in
both places bids fair to be large
A later dispatch says Thirteen thousand
bales of cotton and the congresses of the
Merchants Cotton Compress and storage
Company were burned. The property was
valued al 81 100000.
M.-Altogether 1920 bales of cotton
two compresses and 40 cars loaded with cot
ton were burned. The presses and buildings
were valued at S755. 600.
The fire is supposed to have been incendi-
ary. fireman on the Little Rock Railroad
has been arrested on suspicion.
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An Ingenious Suicide.


GENEVA. y. Y. Nov. l9.-August Ranck
ert. well-known and prominent farmer
living ten miles from Himrois, committed
suicide yesterday morning after long and
careful preparation About October 10 his
only daughter Louise. clipped and married an
her social station. Her father was terribly
shocked and grieved when he heard oi her
marriage. He cleared up all his seasons
crops of grain aud sold every BIZ "f them !;
his wife. iie spent whole nights IN going
over his books and made his accounts easy
nf settlement by his wife He wrote n long
and detailed explanation of the conditiun of
H., estate and plans for improvement nf his
farm. Several people about Ranekert'> farm
h,url gun SHOT in his barn yesterday morn
il z aud ran there at once. Ranckeri was
found dangling AT the end of 4 halter strap.
with gun-slloi wound in his len breast. He
VIZ dead He had, by an igenious arrange
nle,Il -, fixed double-barreled Shotgun
u .,n two upright boards that whea he was
h.a-ing by his neck the muzzle Of the gun
would be close 10 his left breast A long
string attached TO the trigger of the gun and
ran over a small pulley over the back of
the gun stock. Ranekert leaped off a chair
and while hanging by bis neck pulled the
string attached to the gun. Both barrels
were discharged, and his heart was almost
entirely blown away.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-11-23
THD COMING YEAR OF ST. NICHOLAS.

The 18th year begins with the number for
November, 1857, and the publishers can an
nounce Serial and Short stories by Mrs
Frances Hodgsou Burnett, Frank r .Sto,k-
ton. II H. Boyesen, Joel Chandler Harris.
j. 1. Truwbridge, Col. Richard VI Johnston.
Louisa NJ Aleoit, Prof Alfred Church. VIM.
H Rldeing, Washington GLADDEN.. Harriet
Prescoii SPofford, Amelia f. Barr, Franccs
Fonrtnay Raylnr. Harriet Upton and many
Others. Edmund Alton will write a series Of
papers onsthe Routine of the Republic -
how the President works at the White.
House. and how the affairs of the Treasury
the State and War Departments, etc. are
conducted Jns,pii o Brien. a we'll known
Australian journalist, will describe " The
Great Island Continent . Elizabeth R,bias
Penneil will tell of $ London Christmas
Pantomimes Alice in Wonderland. efc.l
john Burroughs viii write Meadow and
Woodland Talks with Young Folk etc.
Mrs Burnett's short serial will be. the eii,or
says. worthy sue esor t. her amau. Lii
tle Lord Fanntlcroy, which appeared in Sr.
NICHOLAS
Why not try ST. NICHOLAS this wear tor fin,.
Young people in the house? Begin with The
November number Send rs s.. or subscribe
through booksellers and news,leaIe-s. fHE
CENTURY co. a3 EAST I7rH Sr.. NEW
YORK
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IT appears to be settled thai the Presi-
dent viii appoint Secretary Lamar a. a
Judge OF the supreme Court Of the Uni
ted States. that his place in the Cabinet
will be filled by Postmaster General Villas
and that Don NJ Dickinson, the big In
Jun of the Michigan Democracy, will be
made Postmaster General Lamar is
credited with being an able lawyer, but
the propriety of making man a judge Of
constitutional questions, who deiied and
spat upon that instrument, is not a graft
fying spectacle 10 loyal citizens. II is
also in direct conflict with the old Jack
sonian test of fitness for Office" Is he
honest, is he competent, is be faithful to
the constitution
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A Mysterious Outrage.

ALTOONA Nov. 19.-When Robert Stiles.
a farmer living a few miles from this city, in
logan township, went out to feed his cattle
yesterday morning, he found all his fences
down and scattered about his premises. and
corn cribs and other outbouses overturned
and demolished. His threshing machines,
plows, harrows and every other implement
ON his place had been broken into fragments
His cattle and horses had been turned loose
and had wandered away, and many valuable
fruit trees were girdled in his orchards.
What led TO the preparation of the out
rage or who was guilty of ii. is mystery. a.
farmer Stiles has had no trouble with any
one Not less than 81 800 worth of his prop
erty was DESTROYED
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Setting Himself Right.

Life in the West" in the Chicago Tribune.
The story circulated around town this
week by persons who onght 20 be in better
business" says Missouri paper. that
while we were attending reception 10 Mr.
and Mr. Cleveland al Kansas City we got
drunk and stood on the street corner roar-
ing Ike a coliclSy elephant. and making the
assertion that we were from Bitter Creek.
and could lick any president that ever look
ed through a collar. Is absolutely false.
What we did do. and all we did, was 10 get
drunk. try 10 pound policeman who was
ally much larger than heapPearea and pay
our fine next morning. People who persist
IN circulating scaudalous stories with no
foundation about us will run up against
something which will hurt some day
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-11-23

HARRIsBURG, Pa, Nov 3i.--rhe details of
a murder al the Dauphin County Almhouse
were made public to-day John Lewis and
Rolly Gipe occupied the same room. Lewis
was a quiet. inoifensive man, while Gipe,
who is deringed. is of moroSe disposition,
given to brooding. On Saturday morning
Gipe dealt Lewis terrible blow on the head
with heavy crock fractuIing his skull.
Lewis fingered in great agony unit yester-
day morning when he died. He has been
an inmate of the Almshouse for six years
and had no friends or relatives living Gipe
has been an inmate for three years and il is
not known whence he came. He is in close
confinement now, and has remained silent
ever since lie committed the murder The
coroners jury gave verdict of death at the
hands of an insane man.
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A Bold Jail Breaker.

ALLENTOWN. Nov. IA daring escape
was made last night from the Lehigh county
prison. William Dunbar. a six year convict,
made his way through a three f,,t i.,;-k
stone wall and scaled a wall thirty feet aga
thereby securin. his freedom IL Wa r..l-
fined in cell No. n on the second tier ow-
ing TO previous attempt of George Phillips
now an inmate OF the penitentiary, to break
through the ceiling of this cell, il was lined
with wrought iron and the walls were simi-
larry coated To height of six feet from the
floor. Last night, with an ordinary table
fork, Dunbar cut hole through the stone
wall BY accident he struck soft or defec-
tive place in the wall where small stones had
been used 10 I'LL up. BY O'Clock this mora
ing he had scrapei out barreIful Of mortar
aud stones and made a hole two feet square
With piece of wood from the carp t-loom
in his cell Dunbar pushed out the last stone
between him and freedom In its fall TO
the pavement the stone made noise which
the waichman heard. He raised an alarm,
but it was too late
Dunbar, who is a long. thin fellow, crawl
ed through the opening dropped a distance OF
fifteen feet into the jailyard and took three
shirts from Il line. With these he made a
rope and sealed the wall. thereby reaching
the street Officers are securing the country
for him and reward of 500 is on his head
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-11-23

the National government. In insisting
upon the maintenance Of this tax the
Democratic Free Traders have two prin-
cipal objects in view The first, Is to
compel reduction of tariff duties. IN the
interests Of free trade and offoreign man
ufacturers, and the second to maintain
the swarm Of Office holders necessary for
lis collection, whose well paid services
can be utilized for party success. The
question a. il will come before Congress
lies in nut sheil-Shali the present sur
plus revenue be reduced by releasing the
one hundred million dollars now collect
ed from whisky and tobacco, or shall
that amount be stricken from the duties
on foreign manufactures, which now pro-
tect our own producers and laborers from
the necessity Of competition with the
cheap and underpaid labor Of foreign
lands
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-11-23
Fatal Fall of Scaffoid at Pittsburg.

PIrTsBuRG. Nov. ls.--A scahold al the
power house Of the new traction railway ON
Fifth avenue gave way about l:30 O'Clock
this afternoon, precipitating number OF
men to the ground. Four persons are re-
ported killed and several Others Injured
Four men were thrown to the ground, dis
tance of about thirty feet, and two of them
j. Byron and james Ogden, were fatally
crushed. The Others, j. Conrod and F. Z.
Zimmerman, sustained painful cuts aud
bruises, but were not seriously hurt. They
were engaged in lifting heavy iron trues
and the scaffolding gave way under the un-
usual weight The injured men were re-
moved To their homes
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-11-23
The Great Arizona Gold Find.

SAN FRAScIsco Nov. 1.-The telegraphed
reports from Prescot. Ari., are uniform in
statement that an apparently wonderful dis
c,very of gold ledge has been made on the
Hassayumpa River. ten miles from Prescott.
The strike was made ON the side of a hill 200
feet above the level of the creek The pro-
duct of the mine thus far is declared to be
the richest ever known ON the coast, and has
naturally provoked great excitement
throughout Arizona. The ledge is twenty
inches wide and runs North and South and
can be traced for nearly two miles. Quartz
rock taken from the ledge is said to average
SINn 600 of gold a ton
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Good News for Some Old Soldiers.

WASHINGTON. Nov. ls.--Second Auditor
Day of the Treasury, in his annual report
be called to the fact that the act of 1872
granted bounty Of 500 to every volunteer
non-commissioned officer, private, musician
and ariificer who enlisted previous to July
of May 3, 1851, and was actually mustered
before August 6, 1861, and who has not al
ready received his bounty. Hitherto a series
of decisions have with held payment
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The Sleep of Death.

MckEEsPoRr. Pa. Nov. ls.-Henry Blue,
who formerly lived in this city, but subse-
quently moved to Christ Park, died last eve
ming at his home without warning or prepa-
ration. He was sober. active man. On
saturday afternoon he went into deep sleep
from which he could not be aroused. He
lay in one position from then until drawing
the last breath In all respects ne reseinbltsi
a dead man, except flint regular breathing.
Medical aid was summoned but il was i'm
possible to arouse him. Not one muscle
moved after Saturday wien he went. asleep
Two weeks ago he became sick while at work
and went home. A physician pronounced
il brain fever and prescribed for that. He
gradually declined until falling asleep, and
died without pain. He was 10 years old and
leaves wife and three children.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-11-23
Tramps Capturing A Train.

UrIcs, Nov IA gang of eight, OF nine
west of this city last night and took posses
sion Of the cars, refusing to pay fare. They
overpowered the conductor and compelled
him TO run them TO Herkimer An attempt
was there made to arrest them. when they
fired on the trainmen. Officers buaried the
train aud il was run 10 Little Falls. where
three of the iramI,s were arrested and held
TO answer. The Others escaped Officers
-. ~. ri,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-11-23
KEENAN, ON SIBERIA.

Except the Lille of Lincoln and the War
Articles no more important series las ever
been undertaken by The CENTURY than this
of Mr.. kennan :. With the previous pre-
Iardtiun of four years travel and study in
Russia and Siberia the author undertook a
journey of 1900 miles for the special mves-
rigation here required. An Introduction
from the Russian Minister of the Interior
admitted him 10 the principal mines and
prisons, where he became acquainted with
some three hundred Stale exiles,-Liberals
Nihilists and others,-and the series will be
4 startling a. well a. accurate revelation of
the exile system. The many Illustrations
by the artist and photographer. Mr.. George
\ Frost. who accompanied the author. will
.lld rrriIIN IN fll.. NaiiIt. ltf fh. arrirli.s
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Fritz's Terrible Malady.

Sax REso. Nov. 1.-THE discharge of the
green matter from the throat of the Crown
Prince has proved beyond a doubt thai the
Prince is afflicted with cancer Ii shows,
too, that the case is much worse Than has
generally been thought, ls this kind OF soft
cancer Is a the most malignant and incura-
be nature known The German physicians
are trying 70 deny the serious condition of
their patient, bat the almost critical develop
meni cf The disease is now clinicaIly and
lsatiaologically clear
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-11-23
Fall of an Aerolite.

AMSTERDAM. y. Y. Nov. ls-An aeroli.e
weighing three tons dropped with loud
report in front of the Merchants National
Bank ON East Main street al l1:30 this morn
ing. making a deep indentation in the
ground. Great excitement was created by
The occurrence, and large crowds viewed the
celestial visitor. Local experts find traces of
iron, nickel, aluminium and other metals in
the aeroliies. The Dudley Observatory has
been notified by telegraph of the meieor's
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-11-23
Blew off His Head and Hands.

LKEcuaUas, Pa, Snv. 81 "A fatal au'.i-
dc,a happened to Calvin fsumbcrt. 81 NEAR
here rnis morning. He had been hnni.ng
and came into store and sal down the
eo'snier. He plaeed the gun between ais
knees. crossing his hands or the muzzlc. lie
then placed his chin on his hands. In mo
ment he, by some means. discharged the
gun with his foot tearing oil his hands and
the front l,art of bis head. killing him in
stantIy.
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The Veterans Thanksgiving.

DAYTON, o.. Nov. ls.-Preparations are
under WY for the annual Thanksgiving Day
feast at the Soldiers Home Following is
the menu to be enjoyed by the 5000 veteran
inmates Roast turkey, 5000 pounds glib
let sauce, 20 gallons oyster dressing 50 gal
Ions; mashed potatoes, "a bushels lima
beans, 800 pounds cranberry sauce. bar
rels ; celery 300 dozen punches tomato cat
1000 loaves; butter, 100 pounds cheese. 800
pounds; apples, p barrels; mince pies. l.,
05O: coffee. $50 GALLONS
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The Color Line in Ohio.

XESIA. o.. Nov. IA case that Is attract
Moses McCuilem. colored, against the Xenia
City School Board for refusal to allow in
struction to his daughter Ella in the High
School devoted to the white children, The
will consume several days. The defence
claim that the girl who is exceptionally in
telIigent, passed the high school set apart for
eolored children. which is near her home
and insisted On attending the school for
white children without u permit. The plain
tilis claim a permit was refused the girl be-
cause of her color.
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A Free Fight at a Fire.

ClIRo, IT,, Nov 2i--Thirty four of the
principal buildings in Mound City. about
eight miles from here were burned to-day
Loss, s60.ooe insurance one half The
crowd appropriated the stock OF saloon
and some II them got drunk Then a fgh;
between the whites and blacks arose the City
Marshal leading the former. Shots were
firei and axes used and several heads were
broken
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MISCELLANEOUS FEATURES

ireland, by Charles De Ray papers touch
ing the field of the Sunday School Lessons
illustrated by f. L. Wilson wild Western
life by Theodore Roosevelt; the English
Cathedrals. by Mrs. Van Rei.sse aer with
illustrations by Penneil DR. Bnckley's val
uable papers ON DREAMS, Spirilualism. aud
lairyuyance; essays i'll criticism, art, travel
and biography poems cartoons; etc.
Byd special ejtr tine numbers for the past
year containing the Lincoln history may
be secured with the year subscription from
November, 1887. twenty-iour issues IN ali.
for $500, or, with tbs. last years numbers
handsomely bound, $50.
Published by The CENTURY Co. 33 East
I7th Street New York.
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Work of the Railway Mail Service.

The annual report Of r. f. Mash. General
Superintendent Of the Railway Mail Service
shows that during the fiscal year ended June
80, 1857 the railway postal clerks distributed
5.s;a ,69l.s75 pieces OF ordinary mail matter
and protected, recorded receipted for and
dispatched lS.762659 registered packages and
c,-es. and a90,6l3 through registered pouch.
e. and inner registered sacks Daring the
year 7,2lS miles of new railroad service has
heeD added
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-11-23

WEDNESDAY nEc "a ,eez


All the right, title, interest and claim of los.
real estate. 20 wit
No l. certain lot OF purcel OF ground situate
IN the Borough OF Confluence, Sosnerse County
IA, adjoining lands OF Wood * COrson on th,.
norm, /. y Frantz on the east, - street on th,.
south, and - street ON the west, containing etir
~ acres more or less having thereon erected t,gf,
tN1s ory pi1nk dwelling houses, stable and other
outnniidings. with the appHrteuancts
10 :; 4 certain lot or parcel Of ground situate
~ tolaucnre BOfUugh, SiaIe and County af,,re-
said. bounded and described a. follows. III I. on
the south by the Davis farm and on the west bv
street. containing two 90 acres NOR. or l,.ss
with tannery located thereon with the appur,
trnances
No. 3 Two certain lots of ground in one eliclns-
urc. situate in Confluence Borough stale and
t"hnty Aforesaid, known on the plan of said
Bnf'igh a. lots Nos . and 95 in Black = bound
on the north by lot No. 81 ON the east by an al
iey 9l the south by lot No. 81 and on the west
by william street each containing One-iiffeenth
oi an acre. having thereon erected a small frame
buIidiyg, with the Oppurtenances
taken IN execution as the property of Joseph
Ounniiiis, at the suit OF Abraham Augustine
Also
All the right, title interest and claim of John
Hhniln oi, IN and to the following described
real estate, VIZ certain tract of land situate
m Jetncr township. Somerset COUNTY Pa ..sli,in-
ing lands of Levi Hanlin John r. O'touuor jnr
'lah "riiiith and others containing ffty-one acres
nor. OF les. having thereon erected a t,yost.,-
dwelling house. log barn. and other outbuildiuoS
with the Hppurtenanees
taken IN execution as the property of Inhr,
isnlin, AT the suit Of Levi Hanfins use
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Sold His Body for Whisky.

CINCINNATI, Nov. i7--John Winkler. an
old rag picker. who was found dead in his
hovel. 6ns West sixth street, this morning.
WAS peculiar example of the depths of deg
radiation TO which a human being may sink
For many year> he was familiar figure i'm
the West End For 10 sears past il is very
doubtful if he drew single sober breath
He lived in the utmos; filth and squalor.
and when found dead in his bed had his
clothes and boots on. Four years ago his
aged mother died, and winkler sold her
body to a medical college He also sold his
own body TO be delivered after death and
squandered the money in whisky.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-11-23

TnE President and the Free Trade lead
ers had a consultation last week, the re-
suit 81 which wa- q determination to
formulate a tariff policy based on lower
duties, and 10 exert ali the influence Of
the Administration 10 getting il through
Congress and IN placing it before the
people a. one Of the cardinal. issues of the
next National campaign.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-11-23

COMMISSIONER sPAkKs Of the land office
has been compelled to step down and
out, in consequence Of personal quarrel
with Secretary Lamar In accepting his
resignation the President gives the dis
carded official liberal quantity Of tatiy,
but the fact remains that, he was ignom-
iniously fired out OF office
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The Bomb Fiend at Work.

ST JosrPH. Mo. Nos. iT-At 5 O'Clock
this morning large honlh was found on the
steps Of the City Hall, leading to the police
station An hour later another was found
back of wholesale gnocery Both were ta-
ken TO a point above the city. on the river
bank. and exploded by the chiei Of police.
They We're Of dynamite and evidyilly con
sirncied by an expert bombmaker
The Anarchists humber over one hundred
and tfey and are of the most rlbid charao-
ter. The selling against them to-nigh, is
intense
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-11-23

THE returns Of the late election in Nir-
ginia show that the Republicans carried
the State on popular vote by majority
Of over two thousand. A this is the
second time the State has thus been car
ried. the Democrats are very nervous and
anxious az to the possible outcome Of
nexf wears contest.
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MONDAY, DEC. II. 1887.

NoTfcE Il hereby given 20 all the Justices ci ne
Peace. the Coroner aud COnsistilles within ihs
sad Comfy Of Somerset, that they b. then aiiu
there ~ their proper persons with their rolls ~
oTsis inquisifiOns. examinations and Other =
membranes. 10 do those thiugS which % iDelf
office aud In that behalf appertain % be Golei
and also they who viii prosecute against tht PTis
cners that are OF shall be in the jail Of sofer'et
couusy, be then and there to prosecute agHii4s'
them as shall be just
Sherfi-s Dffis. JOHN WINTERS,
ueyIt sheriff
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Children Killed by Wolves,

ST. PAUL. MISS, Nov. l7.--It is reported
that Two children, while returning from the
school at Hige Prairie, Rice County, on Fri
day, were devoured by wolves. A few days
before man was pursued and attacked by
wolves and il was only after long fight
that he escaped.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-11-23

The Democratic journals ofthe Fayette-
Greene district are having Monkey
and Parrot time over the result Of their
late Judicial election They have evi-
IDENTITY concluded that Old Fiat Is safe
ly moored in the Republican harbor and
therefore they are endangering nothing
by fighting out their local quarrel
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MIR. Randau's Too previous Hnarity.


ihiiahaPols Soufhai Nhtpt
On the eve of the election last week Mr..
samuel J Randall te'egraphea that the Re
Publican plurality in PENNSYLVANIA had been
reduced 70 10 900 against 10000 two year>
ago. At this all the Democratic organs, from
Mann 20 California. lifted np their voices
and howled in triumphant chorus. The un-
official figures from every county in the
state show Republican plurality of a,
$50